2D Materials, Graphene Was Only the Beginning

Graphene—a two dimensional carbon material discovered in 2004—has opened the search for other atom-thin structures that have unusual magnetic, electronic, mechanical, thermal and topological properties. Now Swiss researchers at EPFL and NCCR-MARVEL in Lausanne have computationally screened more than 100,000 3-D materials and identified some 5,600 which may be reduced to two dimensions. Further they specifically sorted out 1,000 2-D materials that are highly promising, many of which could improve medical devices and procedures. MORE